Cake… Three Ways!

I love cake! And, by now you guys should know I love things little, too. So, I made some mini cakes using my new favorite moist yellow cake recipe. Actually I made 9″ cakes and used a round cutter to make them mini. Two layers will get you six 3 7/16″ cake circles and two smaller circles. Here’s how one of the layers looks all cut up.

And here they are stacked. They’re so cute… even without any frosting. (Don’t worry the scraps made it safely to my tummy.)

But, who would serve a naked cake. So here it is fully clothed in luscious white buttercream frosting. Hold me back!

I started out making the fondant covered cake that’s on the pedestal (inspired by a pillow fabric from an old Pottery Barn catalog. Yep… I love their stuff.) Then, I made the second one using decorator icing bags and tips. Then I got tired and just slapped some buttercream all over the last one. And, I have to admit, I think it’s my favorite. But, tell me what you think.

How do you like your cakes decorated?

Messy: casual and carelessSassy: semi-casual, piped with pretty icing and flirty flowersClassy: all dressed up with fondant cutouts and a smooth finish

FIESTA HEAD CHEFS GIVEAWAY

If you leave a comment below with your favorite cake style, you’ll be entered for a chance to win these cute little Fiesta Head Chefs ($50 value). I won them a while back and was going to keep them, but so many of you loved them that I decided to give them away. I know, I’m nice like that.How to enter:

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I’m in love with the classy one! I love Pottery Barn and their designs as well! If I were making them though…I have to say that I would make the messy one (although I’m sure I’d put too much effort into it and it wouldn’t look nearly as cute as yours)! You’re so very talented and have inspired me to bake a lot more!

I like the classy, the sassy is pretty and having never tasted fondant, it doesn’t sound appealing. But I know, I’d be lazy too and end up messy, lol.Those are darling little cakes, did they make you hands hurt from decorating such a small cake?

I’m torn between Messy and Classy….But I think that Classy must win for me. I recently made my little girl’s first birthday cupcakes, and while messy would have been WAY easier, I went with the classy look and had to be a perfectionist!!

Definitely Sassy! Usually by the time I get to decorating, I am too worn out to go all out so piping pretty colors is usually good enough, especially because my brother usually gobbles the entire thing up in a day or two anyway!

I’m going with classy because I’m so visual, and because you did a stunning job with that fondant, but if it’s about making me hungry and wanting to eat the cake, I’d have to go with your luscious messy one!